11055885

System and Method for Providing a Relational Terrain for Social Worlds

PublishedJuly 6, 2021
Assigneenot available in USPTO data we have
InventorsJim Schwaiger
Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
23 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A method, executed by one or more processors, for providing a relational terrain for social worlds, the method comprising the following steps: establishing a user villa, wherein said user villa is at least operational as a virtual root space for a user in a virtual world, that a user controls and may customize, and is configured with one or more terrain masses, which terrain masse(s) is/are configured to be operational to maintain at least a single location representation within the villa at any given time; establishing relational links between the user villa and one or more other villas, wherein said relational links are non-spatial links connecting one or more villa to another villa or tile, thereby establishing said relational terrain that is inherently not a dimensional or spatial mapping; and displaying the user villa in a relational map reflecting the relational links between the user villa and the one or more other villas.

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2. The method of claim 1 , in which the displaying the user villa in the relational map further comprises showing the user villa in a relational space reflecting relations between the user villa and the one or more other villas.

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3. The method of claim 1 , in which the forming the user villa further comprises forming one or more tiles without fixed positions to form a fluid terrain.

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4. The method of claim 3 , in which the forming of the fluid terrain and relational links reflect changeable social relationships.

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5. The method of claim 1 , in which the forming the user villa comprises forming the user villa with a relation with the one or more other villas having a related interest.

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6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a portal between the user villa and a destination villa, the portal allows data to be passed and changed in the user villa and the destination villa when a user moves from the user villa to the destination villa.

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7. The method of claim 1 , in which establishing a user villa and establishing relational links between the user villa and the one or more other villas, and in which the displaying the user villa in a relational map shows relations of the user villa with the one or more other villas and provides a user-navigable virtual map with numerous user owned villas that exist in a relational space reflecting user relationships.

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8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said relational map is represented by the structure of relationships a user selects rather than a fixed definable shape, wherein each relational map displays how a single specific villa relates to the virtual world.

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9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: said villas may occupy multiple locations simultaneously defined by its relational links with other villas.

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10. A system for providing a relational terrain for social worlds, comprising: a memory for storing data defining one or more central tiles for a user villa; a processor for establishing said user villa such that said user villa is at least operational as a virtual root space for a user in a virtual world, that a user controls and may customize, and is configured with one or more terrain masses, which terrain masse(s) is/are configured to be operational to maintain at least a single location representation within the villa at any given time, wherein said processor is further configured to process the one or more central tiles, establishing relational links between the user villa and one or more adjacent villas, wherein said relational links are non-spatial links connecting one or more villa to another villa or tile, thereby establishing said relational terrain that is inherently not a dimensional or spatial mapping; processing the one or more central tiles and the one or more adjacent tiles to form a villa linked with the user, and establishing the villa of the user in a relational map defining relations of the user villa and the one or more adjacent villas; and a graphic user interface (GUI) for displaying the user villa in the relational map showing relations of the user villa with the one or more adjacent villas.

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11. The system of claim 10 , in which the GUI displays the villa of the user in the relational map further by showing the villa in a relational space reflecting user inter-personal relationships.

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12. The system of claim 10 , in which the processor forms the villa further by loosely coupling one or more tiles without fixed positions to form a fluid terrain.

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13. The system of claim 10 , in which the processor forms the fluid terrain and relational links to reflect changeable social relationships.

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14. The system of claim 10 , in which the processor forms the user villa with a relation with the one or more adjacent villas having a selected interest.

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15. The system of claim 10 , in which the processor forms a portal between the user villa and a destination villa, the portal allowing passing and changing data in the user villa and the destination villa, with consent of both the user villa and the destination villa, when a user moves from the user villa to the destination villa.

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16. The system of claim 10 , in which the processor establishes one or more central tiles for a user villa and establishes relational links between the user villa and one or more other villas by defining social functions between the user villa and the one or more other villas, and in which the GUI displays a user-navigable virtual map that includes numerous user owned tiles that exist in a relational space reflecting user inter-personal relationships.

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17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs one or more processors to perform a method for providing a relational terrain for social worlds, the method comprising the steps: establishing a user villa such that is at least operational as a virtual root space for a user in a virtual world, that a user controls and may customize, and is configured with one or more terrain masses, which terrain masse(s) is/are configured to be operational to maintain at least a single location representation within the villa at any given time; establishing one or more central tiles for said user villa; establishing relational links between the user villa and one or more other villas, wherein said relational links are non-spatial links connecting one or more villa to another villa or tile, thereby establishing said relational terrain that is inherently not a dimensional or spatial mapping; and displaying the user villa in a relational map showing relations of the user villa with the one or more other villas.

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18. The method of claim 17 , in which the displaying the villa of the user in the relational map further comprises showing the user villa in a relational space reflecting user inter-personal relationships.

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19. The method of claim 17 , in which the forming the user villa further comprises one or more tiles without fixed positions to form a fluid terrain.

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20. The method of claim 19 , in which the forming of the fluid terrain and relational links reflects changeable social relationships.

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21. The method of claim 17 , in which forming the user villa comprises forming the user villa with a relation with the one or more other villas having a selected interest.

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22. The method of claim 17 , further comprising forming a portal between the user villa and a destination villa, allowing the passage and change of data in the user villa and the destination villa when a user moves from the user villa to the destination villa.

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23. A method, executed by one or more processors, the method comprising the following steps: establishing a user villa, wherein said user villa is a virtual root space for a user in a virtual world, that a user controls and may customize, composed of one or more terrain masses, wherein said terrain masses hold a single location representation within the villa at any given time; establishing relational links between the user villa and one or more other villas, wherein said relational links are non-spatial links connecting one or more villa to another villa or tile, thereby establishing a relational terrain that is inherently not a dimensional or spatial mapping; said relational links are defined by the philosophical connections that are not represented by a space, and therefore, do not connect objects in a fixed dimensional and coordinate location; displaying the user villa in a relational map reflecting the relational links between the user villa and the one or more other villas, wherein said relational map is represented by the structure of relationships a user selects rather than a fixed definable shape, wherein each relational map displays how a single specific villa relates to the virtual world; and said villas may occupy multiple locations simultaneously defined by its relational links with other villas.

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July 6, 2021

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Jim Schwaiger

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